From Heaven To Hell

Ok, thank you to courtneylovejason for your review. And to lou3174, i'm glad you're enjoying it and it's nice to see a new name pop up. Again, EOforevertogether, made me smile as always- And I can sympathise, I often get nagged by mum being online so much. ^_^ She doesn't understand how much of a pull EO has for me lol Also a thank you to spacekitten2700, I'm glad you liked it. For those who saw spacekitten's review, (I guess it's only fair you all know), I'm not giving a definite answer on who it is because that would spoil the surprise, but keep an eye out for the cop, Max, he might just show his face again ;)

A special thanks goes to lou3174 (Author alert-Fave Author-Story alert- Fave story) It made me smile so much to see a new name pop up and get involved in my story. And also to maerae93 for adding to Favourite author lol

Chapter 13- Hunger

Olivia hadn't given food a thought over the past day or two. Besides the odd candybar from her locker, she'd barely eaten, which probably accounted for her tiredness. Or at least she didn't until the enticing aromas wafted under her nose.

"Liv?" She looked down at Elliot who had already taken his seat.

"Sorry." she said, sliding in to the seat opposite, hastily grabbing a menu.

"Hungry?"

"Not really." she lied, knowing from his smirk he had just heard the rumble that erupted in her stomach.

A waitress soon appeared with a chipper smile. "Hi. I'm Christy and I will be your server. Are you ready to order?"

"Yes." Olivia eagerly replied, scanning the menu. "I will have a portion of cheesy fries, with extra cheese. A baked potato with beans, cheese and colslaw. And also a side of potatoe wedges." She set the menu down and smiled with at the waitress as she furiously scribbled down the order.

"And to drink?"

"A large strawberry milkshake with cream and sprinkles." Liv said without hesitation. The waitress raised her eyebrows a little before turning to Elliot.

"Sir?" she asked as she turned a fresh page in her notepad.

Liv watched him non-plussed by her momentus order.

"Er- just a burger, fries and coffee please."

The young girl walked away with a less than chipper smile, massaging her wrist.

"And you said you weren't hungry?" Elliot asked doubtfully.

Olivia shrugged and smiled at him. "It'll be nice to have a full stomach again."

A silence fell between them. 'It should not be this awkward,' Liv thought, tucking her hair behind her ear.

"I was thinking," Elliot began abruptly, taking her by surprise. "You're going to need new clothes, for the time being at least- and I thought, if you wanted, you know, you don't have to but if you did want-"

"Elliot," she interrupted. "Get to the point."

"We're going shopping." he said with a smile.

"What? No, no, no I know I'm busting your bank as it is for lunch and I don't want to throw your money away when you have to pay for the kids-"

"Olivia, I wouldn't offer if I didn't mean it. And I have a bit of expendable income now, I mean, I rent a reasonable apartment, and as for the kids, Dickie and Lizzie are earning their own income now."

"I know, Liz mentioned her new job." Liv nodded.

"Then what's the problem? The only other alternative is you wearing what you've got on for- God knows how much longer."

She considered. She'd showered this morning but the prospect of wearing her clothes for a second day didn't seem particularly appealing.

"I guess so." she considered. "But I will pay you back afterwards."

He shrugged; she'd pay back but he'd take her for lunch or pay for Chinese, so that actually she hadn't paaid him back at all. But what Liv didn't know, couldn't hurt her. Well, that's what he always assured himself.

The waitress returned with a circular tray, resting on which was Olivia's order. After setting the various plates around Olivia she turned to Elliot again.

"I'll be right back with your order." She shared a knowing smile with Elliot as they saw Olivia grab at her fork, hesitating on what to eat first. As the waitress left, olivia glanced at Elliot and hastily lifted a single fry from the tray and nibbled on the end of it.

"Olivia," Elliot said with a sigh. "You're starving; don't bite at your food like a rabbit. I've seen you naked; you don't have to worry about me seeing you eat." he joked.

Olivia smirked a little, but there was no room for butterflies in her stomach when she had so much to eat. She stabbed her fork in to the fries and shovelled a mouthful. Elliot chuckled as she chewed with a full mouth.

A plate appeared before Elliot as the waitress returned. "Everything to your...liking?" she hesitated, noticing Olivia's full mouth. A slight blush appeared in Liv's cheeks but she merely offered the girl a thumbs up as she strode away again.

Before long Olivia fell back in her chair, surveying the empty plates and rubbing her belly. "It's going to take me weeks to run those calories off." she mumbled.

"What, you mean you don't wake up this perfect?" Elliot joked. He wiped his hands with a napkin, disregarding half his burger and a few fries; in turth he hadn't actually been hungry. But he knew Liv wouldn't have eaten if he hadn't. And it gave his mind a distraction to stop it wondering like it had back in the precinct.

The young girl- sophia, her name tag read- was piling the dirty plates in to a trolley. She looked at Olivia as she did it.

"Lady, i don't know how you stay so thin."

Olivia self consciously ran her hand across her toned stomach, a slight bump from her large meal.

"I have her on a vigurous exercise program." Elliot laughed.

"Are you kidding? I would have to work all night to shift that." the girl said skeptically.

"All night." Elliot mused with a smirk.

The young girl blushed deeper red than Elliot had ever thought possible as she realised what he meant and hurried away. Olivia shook her head at him.

"Congratulations, you just mentally scarred her." she joked.

"What can I say?" he asked rhetorically. "You made an impression on me."

Olivia blushed and decided not to tell him she had thought the same about him. "I'm going to nip to the bathroom; try not to cause too much trouble until I get back." She joked, pushing her chair back.

"Yes, ma'am." he teased. "I'm only a bad boy around you anyway." he added with a wink.

Olivia resisted the urge to roll her eyes and merely passed him a smile as she sidled away. Elliot was deliberately bating her but she didn't have time for it. Within a few hours she'd be dining with her devil, so to speak.

xXx

She and Elliot stepped in to the clothes store.

"Ok," Elliot began as though they were embarking on a mission, basket in hand. "Now, I've been shopping with girls before," Olivia rolled her eyes. "But I doubt you're like my girls-"

"Oooo!" Olivia almost squelled, disappearing through the row of aisles.

"Or perhaps not." Elliot muttered, taking off after her. "Liv?" he searched.

Less than a minute or two, she reappeared, dropped a few sets of jeans in to the basket and simple said "These." before vanishing again.

Elliot's head almost swam in confusion. 'I can chase down perps yet I'm lost between skirts and shirts.' he thought in irony. 'She was here a second ago,' he thought, scanning the shop for her.

At one point he spotted another guy who was obviously being dragged around by his girlfriend too. He passed Elliot a sympathetic smile. 'Wait, is Liv my girlfriend?' After having a wife for so long the idea of a girlfriend seemed...strange. And they hadn't talked about it- he hoped she knew it wasn't a one-night stand, he never intended that. But then again he hadn't expressed wanting anything more either. He added it to his mental to-do list.

He looked around; the one place he hadn't looked for Liv was the underwear section; he'd been avoiding it. He wasn't one of those men who could rip panties from a woman and yet go bright red when surrounded by them on hangers. After living most of his adult life in a house full of women, besides Dickie, women's underwear was not something that flustered him. On the other hand, a middle aged man trawling through the women's underwear section wuold not look right. He decided to brave the sea of bras and panties. Within seconds a group of girls had spotted him, and hurried past him giggling.

Besides this, he spotted Olivia, her back to him. He smiled as he headed over, spotting her full basket, and summised she'd given up finding him a while ago. He noticed her staring down at the rack in front of her.

"If you were a guy I'd have to arrest you; staring like that." he joked.

But as he stepped beside her, he knew something was wrong; her arms were wrapped around his stomach, clutching at her sides. He could see her fingertips turning white from the pressure she was exerting. He looked down at what her eyes were intent on. A bra and panties set. Not offensive in anyway. The orange fabric was a little frayed where someone had tried to remove the security tag but besides that- his intuition clicked.

'Orange,' he thought with a sigh. 'Jumpsuit orange.' He decided to save her from her own thoughts. "I like this colour."

She jumped a little and turned to look at him. "Huh?" she snuffled a little, trying to hide it, and looked around to see no one else had noticed her unusual behaviour.

"I said, i like this colour." he repeated, pointing to the deep blue one beside the offensive one. "Completments your beautiful skin tone," he complemented (Having remembered Lizzie say it once when they'd gone shopping together) , gently brushing her cheek.

"Oh. Yeah." Liv said as if surprised to see rows of underwear in front of her.

She plucked one from the rack and deposited it in to her basket.

"I think that's everything." she muttered, absentmindedly mudging the basket with her foot.

xXx

Munch was sitting at his desk, scribbling idle notes down on a notepad. He had been instructed to 'hold down the fort'. Which basically meant, he was the only one from their team to be in the squadroom. Within second he heard footsteps and Fin's voice.

"And I'm gonna shoot you in your ass if you don't shut it!" Fin threatened. As they turned the corner, a man in an orange jumpsuit came in to view, held at the elbow by Fin and stalked on either side by armed guards. He was handcuffed, his ankle shackles removed and had a satisfied smirk plastered on his lips. As they strode in to the squadroom Cragen brought up to rear.

"Oh goodie, our house guest has arrived." John mumbled, lifting his legs from his desk and striding to meet Fin. Cragen guided the guards to the interrogation room.

"How was the ride down?"

"Just peachy." Fin glared.

"You mean you didn't take the time to catch up with your former collegue?" John joked.

"Man, you're lucky Cragen let you stayed here; I don't see why we had to drive up there."

"Cragen had to sign forms at the prison." John reasoned.

"Maybe I should be more specific." Fin retorted. "Why did I have to drive up there?"

He dropped in to seat and picked up his phone.

"Aw, Fin you're sweet, but you don't need to call your boyfriend anymore; he's only around the corner now."

"Funny." Thought Fin expression was less than amused. "I'm calling Stabler; I said I'd let him know when Creepy CO arrived."

A/N Little explanation- Liv told Elliot about Sealview and that gave her the strength to take the biggest step. However, even though I promised a lighter chapter, Olivia is unlikely to recover overnight, so skipping her feelings just to fit in EO wouldn't be practical. On the other hand, I tried to put as much humour in as I could to lighten the mood a bit. I know getting upset over underwear is a bit silly, but it's what they represent that affected her. Did anyone spot the metaphor I used? ;) (*Hint* Elliot said dark blue was better than orange. If orange represents Harris, any ideas what the blue represents? lol) And finally, I had to fit Harris in at the end just to lead in to the next chapter (Liv confronts him, or tries too...) And of course praise to Munch ^_^ xx (Apologies for any typos, school work was massive this week lol ok it is every week so this chapter was very hastily edited literally before posting.)